Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen, Domenico Scarlatti, Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA930
Release: 2023
Size: 2.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35
01. I. Introduction. Allegro vivace
02. II. Variation 1
03. III. Variation 2
04. IV. Variation 3
05. V. Variation 4
06. VI. Variation 5
07. VII. Variation 6
08. VIII. Variation 7. Canone all’ottava
09. IX. Variation 8
10. X. Variation 9
11. XI. Variation 10
12. XII. Variation 11
13. XIII. Variation 12
14. XIV. Variation 13
15. XV. Variation 14
16. XVI. Variation 15. Largo – Attacca Coda
17. XVII. Finale (Alla Fuga). Allegro con brio
18. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 487
19. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Messe Noire”
20. Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus: XV. Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus
21. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K. 29
Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, op. 117
22. No. 1, Andante moderato in E-Flat Major
23. No. 2, Andante non troppo e con molto espressione in B-Flat Minor
24. No. 3, Andante con moto in C-Sharp Minor
25. Scarlatti: Valse in A-Flat Major, Op. 38
Giorgi Gigashvili is only twenty-two, but he is already hitting the headlines: now a pupil of Nelson Goerner, he is a protégé of Martha Argerich, who gave him the urge to play the piano alongside his first love, pop singing: at the age of thirteen, he was a contestant in The Voice in his homeland, Georgia, and won the prize! A few years later, Argerich discovered him at a piano competition, and he went on to win prizes at several more, including the Hortense Anda-Bührle Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in Zurich in 2021. Another high-flying mentor, the violinist Lisa Batiashvili, asked him to play him the piano on her recording of the Franck Violin Sonata. His free and spectacular playing impresses, his creativity and personality astonish. Here he presents his first recital, revealing his palette of colours: Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin and Messiaen. But never far away is his shadow, the singer of the electro band Tsduneba (‘temptation’ in Georgian) which he founded with his friends.